Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 166 priced lines covering 14,153 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,497 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,765 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,212 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,497Last week 13,758Year ago 15,494

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,765Last week 2,053Year ago 1,107

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,212Last week 2,359Year ago 2,197

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Livestock Exchange, Winter Livestock,

La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Centennial Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 550 lbs

mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher, and over 550 lbs mostly steady to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 450-600 lbs

steady to 3.00 higher, and over 600 lbs mixed trading 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Trade active in the slaughter cattle supply with offerings

increasing on Middle Aged stock cows trading unevenly steady. Average dressing Breakers 4.00 lower, average dressing Boners 2.00 lower,

average dressing Leans steady, and average dressing Bulls steady. Trade active on moderate demand for breds and pairs. The next available

report will be Friday, November 27, 2020

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	535	140.00–162.00	148.74
126	—	470	148.00–167.50	157.47
13	—	774	122.50–135.00	127.30
60	—	627	130.00–144.00	137.37
27	—	684	127.00–131.50	128.80
24	—	367	178.00–190.00	185.24
187	—	572	129.00–154.50	140.08
32	—	725	127.00–133.50	130.14
112	—	424	164.00–175.00	171.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	152.50	152.50
5	—	376	171.00	171.00
5	—	332	175.00	175.00
4	—	238	201.00	201.00
24	—	476	145.00–159.00	148.39
25	—	540	142.00–149.00	143.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	622	127.00–131.00	127.91
6	—	672	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	509	144.00	144.00
4	—	961	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	692	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
446	—	473	159.00–179.00	165.98
55	—	829	129.00–136.25	131.37
182	—	758	135.00–146.00	137.84
16	—	938	128.25–129.25	128.94
231	—	378	180.00–200.00	194.77
708	—	522	151.00–175.00	164.18
389	—	716	135.00–138.25	137.54
574	—	671	129.00–155.00	139.54
94	—	320	188.00–207.00	199.48
4	—	971	123.00	123.00
57	—	889	131.50–136.00	135.64
233	—	434	170.00–194.00	181.08
674	—	620	135.00–159.50	141.21
805	—	577	142.50–164.00	149.54
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	935	125.00	125.00
77	—	574	141.00–144.00	142.06
22	—	474	162.00	162.00
63	—	529	152.00–154.00	152.67
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	159.00	159.00
2	—	435	161.00	161.00
3	—	910	122.00	122.00
7	—	392	167.00	167.00
32	—	500	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	663	120.00–129.00	126.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	571	129.00	129.00
15	—	465	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	835	139.50	139.50
154	—	459	186.00–193.00	191.14
28	—	706	140.00–142.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	607	143.00–145.00	144.16
33	—	366	204.00–206.00	204.61
13	—	566	154.00	154.00
8	—	400	185.00	185.00
11	—	478	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	763	126.00	126.00
286	—	634	132.50–152.00	135.11
252	—	718	128.00–134.00	131.93
206	—	670	127.50–136.00	132.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	132.50	132.50
2	—	830	115.00	115.00
19	—	534	121.00–130.00	126.13
25	—	374	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	385	141.00–149.00	145.10
3	—	925	115.50	115.50
113	—	525	120.00–134.00	128.01
117	—	431	137.00–150.00	146.67
27	—	767	120.00–120.50	120.35
37	—	617	125.00	125.00
196	—	571	121.00–135.50	128.09
82	—	315	145.00–158.00	151.69
200	—	476	130.00–140.50	136.96
24	—	685	120.00–125.00	123.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	596	120.00	120.00
51	—	672	118.00–118.50	118.25
11	—	618	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	593	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	840	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	951	120.00	120.00
490	—	618	123.00–142.50	132.12
247	—	666	124.00–139.00	130.13
12	—	1,209	97.00	97.00
38	—	779	123.00–126.00	123.32
621	—	472	130.00–156.00	149.15
227	—	379	155.00–163.00	159.22
100	—	334	157.00–170.50	162.59
33	—	827	120.00–127.00	124.52
9	—	1,058	111.00–116.00	113.88
319	—	426	132.00–163.00	149.89
526	—	570	126.00–139.00	134.11
663	—	525	128.00–147.00	138.98
67	—	878	122.00–128.00	124.53
10	—	1,027	111.00–115.00	112.56
150	—	725	123.00–127.50	125.57
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	601	124.00–125.50	124.69
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	451	141.00	141.00
38	—	504	125.00–135.00	126.06
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	571	124.50–126.00	125.34
18	—	511	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	432	146.00–147.00	146.13
46	—	475	164.00	164.00
36	—	817	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	709	121.00	121.00
88	—	624	121.00–126.00	123.88
61	—	672	120.00–126.50	123.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	587	148.50	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	611	104.00–125.50	120.17
12	—	682	110.00–120.00	111.63
17	—	550	140.00	140.00
9	—	512	144.00	144.00
3	—	380	162.50	162.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	20	—	971	71.00–79.50	77.30
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	52	—	1,074	80.00–83.00	81.38
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,192	62.50–68.50	67.07
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	98	—	1,298	55.00–65.00	57.60
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,073	110.00	110.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,321	45.00–52.50	50.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,097	66.00–77.50	70.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,107	87.00–87.50	87.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	463	—	1,238	47.00–59.00	52.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	926	90.00–98.00	91.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	—	792	60.00–63.00	60.80
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	905	925.00	925.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,031	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	940.00	940.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,138	760.00–890.00	858.02
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,080.00	1,080.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,256	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,520	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,000.00	1,000.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,270.00	1,270.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	67	—	1,276	750.00–875.00	807.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	986	925.00–1,000.00	950.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	119	—	1,305	885.00–1,100.00	1,010.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,182	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,178.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	69	—	1,170	500.00–600.00	545.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	224	—	1,256	590.00–875.00	703.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,457	780.00–925.00	835.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,294	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,483	760.00–810.00	785.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,278	600.00–610.00	607.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,328	525.00–695.00	647.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	933	560.00–600.00	579.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,274	720.00–935.00	861.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	977	935.00–1,000.00	956.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,408	53.00–62.50	57.63
159	—	1,372	43.00–54.00	47.72
49	—	1,552	25.00–42.50	38.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,057	45.00–55.00	49.35
55	—	1,073	20.00–41.00	29.59
168	—	1,121	34.00–47.00	40.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,784	42.50	42.50
77	—	1,569	43.50–54.50	47.99
4	—	1,805	67.00–68.50	68.14
26	—	1,608	54.00–65.50	59.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,675	59.00–75.00	70.65
44	—	1,896	75.00–84.50	78.35

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Colorado barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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